12 DECEMBER 1840

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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MsnamsT ALI has accepted the terms offered by the Allies through the medium of Commodore NAPIER. The Pasha is to evacuate Syria, receive Egypt as a hereditary fief of the Porte,...

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The election of General Haanisosi as President of the United

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States is expected to produce an extensive change in the general policy of the Union. The measures which are most likely to engage the attention of Congress, when it...

The defeat of the Whig candidate at Carlow, by a

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majority much greater than the most sanguine Conservatives exiceted, has been magnified br them into a triumph big with tnirtentous conse- quences; whilst the ill grace with...

The last intelligence from the " far East" is not

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very decisive : it indicates a hereafter, leaving our actual position in considerable obscurity. In Afghanistan, a victory over Host Monammeo in the North is announced to...

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The arguments in the ease of 3Ir. Baines were heard

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in the Court of Chancery on Tuesday and Wednesday. The 1AWit Chaneellor reserved hisjudgment until he had looked into the authorities quoted. In the Court of Queen's Bench, on...

Zbr jlletropolis.

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Parliament was on Thursday prorogued, ill the usual form, until Tuesday the 26th of Janua r y - next. It will then meet for the despatch of business. The Lords Commissioners...

At the 3lensionlionse, on Monday, Sant and Wallis were brought

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before Sir Peter Laurie. on a chard of effecting fraudulent insurances on a vessel called the In - yad. it was stated that they had insared • to the amount of 6.000/. on geods...

VT be (Eolith THE Queen and the Princess Royal continue

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in good health. The calls of inquiry are still numerous. Her Majesty held a Privy Connell on Tuesday afternoon. It was attended by Prince Albert, the First Lord of the...

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Vic Vrobintes.

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Mr. Williams, M.P. for Coventry, met his constituents on Monday fa.st, for the purpose of redeeming his pledge to give an account of his stewardship at the close of every...

IRELAND.

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The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland arrived in Dublin on Wednessl 5! 1 from Liverpool. The Carlow election closed on Friday, when Colonel Bruen was returned by a majority of 167...

The Bishop of Norwich gave a tiood dinner of roast

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beef and plum- padding to 360 inmates of Norwich Workhouse on Wednesday week, in Peoaour of the Queen's accoucheineut. Tim Bishop was present at the dinner. A public tress-thee...

The eminent house of Fox and Co., wire-drawers, of Birmingham,

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stopped payment on Wednesday. Their liabilities are said to exceed 130,0001 ; but it is hoped eventually there will he 20.c. in the pound for all the creditors. By this...

The last link in the chain of railway communication between

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the great seaports of Liverpool and 111111 will, it is stated, be completed on the 21st instant, by the opening throughout of the Manchester and Leeds Railway on that day. The...

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PR OG It Le. '!' i I et:11 - .11 N 1 ; The

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November overland mail fro .:. I ham serne liicer.ao from. ('Riga to tin. 1tit August, 'Ile expetlitiou of the 11::-.1 to the Northward first t'etnatids attention. The is,:itel...

Su■ri!,.\ Ni).

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understend that the Ferl of teair has been appoieted Keeper of the Great Seal for Scotia]] ], held I:y tile laic 1).11,e of ArgyIL- Irittass. 'lliree caneidates are -•.I lit'...

The election of the Dean of St. Patrick's took ph

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ice on Tuesday, in Dublin. There were twenty of the Chapter present on the occasi including the Archdeacon. Two voted by proxy ; and three ..vere ab• Sent — namely, the Reverend...

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THE 'WARS IN INDIA.

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The North-western provinces are still the scene of the greatest interest in India. Dost Mohammed, assisted by the treacherous Walt of Kholum, had assembled a considerable twee....

DEBATES IN THE FR ENt'll. CH A.:' , 11fEll or DEPUTIES.

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The debate on the address was S..Inr.itty 7■1:er it bad occupied Wo e ., The inejority for 11:y •Miliii.'y iy exceeded the rounhee ; being 241 to 1 raj:. The (11,2 0: the last...

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Miscellaneous.

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The Earl of Thanet has accepted the Lord-Lieutenancy of the county of Kent, vacant by the death of the Marquis Camden. Tuesday's Gazette announces the appointment of Sir George...

The Paris papers of Sunday republished, from the Memorial Boni&

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lais, a mite purporting to lie from M. Ferrer, Minister for Foreign Af- fairs of Spain, to M. Guizot, calling on hint, in rattler belligerent terms, for explanation respecting...

The whole of the letter sent by the Duke of

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Wellington to the Standard, respecting the report that he had been deceived by Mr. Shaw to obtain his sanction to the Irish Corporation Bill, has been published. The Duke, it...

It is with the deepest pain that we mention a

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rumour, now grown into absolute certainty, of the loss of her Majesty's ship Fairy, 10 guns. It is with the deepest pain that we mention a rumour, now grown into absolute...

The Globe, in a paragraph headed "Royal Self-possession," gives the

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following report of what passed between time Queen and Prince Albert immediately after the birth of the Princess Royal. "During the firs interview that Prieee Albert had with...

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The Polytechnie lustitution, whieh has asstundl the title of'" Royal"

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in virtue of a visit from Prince Albert, is reopened to the public for the season. .:'events additional rooms and a new theatre have been added, and the number of curious and Is...

The Spanish Regency have issued a decree enjoining the Provisional

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Juntas to dissolve themselves. their services heintt no Ion eer service- able to the. Central Government. The Jun t a or Saragossa disolved itself on the same day. The Supreme...

The Eastern question. it seems, is now settled. On the

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21st of November, Connliodore Napier arrived off the port of Alexandria, and sent in Captain Maunsell with a flag of truce, to reopen negotiations. Captain Maunsell's entry...

l'apers have aigiN•ed from Cepe 'fee !) to the teem:

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itf September. . 'hey . s ii!i g.: • :ap l o, ' . !„ •; !dive Council std in the leading articles of It.. Hirt....• 7-Sion of the Government paperonotisy, vA;; I. the Hume...

The i'Vttrembery Correspondent of the 4th instant mention,: under date

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ienna, the 29th November. that a complete plan of military operations for the defence of Germa•iy, in the event of an :Week rel the part of France, had been adopted by the...

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Quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and assets of the

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Bank of England, f, Liu 15th September to 8th. December 1840, Loth inclusive— ASSETS. Circulation ,L16,446,000 Securities X22,078,(100 Deptoi;., 6,3:17,0u0 Bullien 3,511,000...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. The French papers of Thursday contain little of interest from any quarter. The preparations for the funeral of Napoleon were nearly completed in Paris. The Havre...

EXTRACT FROM A LE1"rElt TO A menntat or 'run socIETY

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or FRIENDS. " 't on al Iner. If ever there was en oggres:ive and tin uul royal:id war, it is tl at I aa urging Ly Engli-lawn on the eunt il.e still more unjust t..e.'i. 6. in...

Madrid papers and letters to the 3d instant have been

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received. Re- ports of dizseurioes in the Regency continue, but there is no specific information given. The answer of the Regents to the manifesto of Don Fraecisto de Paulo is...

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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We are obliged by the communication of CLEaleaS. though his information is neither very new nor very recondite. Wo lied thought however. that Cuelodes edition of Imoories...

In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday,

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M. Guizot made an important statement of the views of the French Govern- ment regarding Spain. On the order of the day for the debate on the bill for a supplementary credit of...

The Bank of France, it is reported, has consented to

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accept a great number of Government bills, in order to aid the Minister of Finance to delay the proposition of effecting a loan to covet' the present deficit. The case of...

MONEY MARKET.

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The nova of the set:mission of MritEstLr ALI, and the general tenour of the advices from India, produced a favourable effect upon the Funds; which were on Tuesday at all...

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MESMEHISNI: TIIE OKEYS.

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[We have received the following letter from a correspondent relative to the two girls who have been the chief subjects of Dr. Fatremrsoses experiments iii Animal Magnetism. Our...

THE THEATRES.

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L , lands on eircum- a decent ine -ma—and that secret .; ..1 worth. The ve:y pathos is of a pecu- niary nature : demon • :y bank-note is the love-spell that enthrals the heart...

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

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The Glencoe. Keith, front Glasgow to Calcutta, went im share on the night of the 7th instant. near Waterford; and haslecome a total wreck. The Mangalore, 1'r-tu China to...

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Miss KELLY has postponed the opening of her little theatre,

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by reason at Mdisposition.

The premature cloein e r of the Prince's Theatre, and the brief

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career of the late management, cell for a few words of comment. It has not unfrequently happened to us, after having given honest, and as time has proved, prudent counsel with...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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FRANCE. FitAxcE is the only influential state in Continental Europe in which time government rests on and is controlled by public opinion— in which the government takes its...

At Coe,-et Carden time 41/ilsaleeee. .Vieht's lercem continues to at-

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tract g,.,:11 a)::1 this v .1,, c h ib,• eesne e it a ted farce by cow: bas been etteplaeted by a lively awl bustling one by young MORTON, called iirether Bee; aide}, kept the...

A burlesque extravaganza, called the Teetotallers, was provided for the

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purpose of fun at the A delphi ; iii '0, hich the stud of wicker hobby- horses was trotted out, but the audienee would hardly tolerate the ab- surdity. YATES, more SW), Caine...

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SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE LYONNESE.

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HERE is a beginning: JOSEPH Srrant, a well-known member of the Society of Friends, offers twenty pounds towards a London subscription. TO THE EDITOR or THE SPECTATOR....

We would fain believe that Air. Sruaer. is not the

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only English- man who is anxious to contribute to ,virus the alleviation of the sufrerings of the Lvonnese. We have indeed received a letter in Which the writer deprecates such...

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AMNESTIES.

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Too liforning C/eron.Oh! calls the amnesty extended by the Spanish Government to the exiled Carlists "a boll an I generous act, which none but a Government confident of its st...

THE CHILDREN'S EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION.

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IN the House of Commons, last session, Lord Asnissr, who has undertaken to be to the intimts of the poor classes what the Lord Chancellor is to those of the rich, a general...

There is one point on which, to avoid misconception, we

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must take the liberty of expressing dissent from an opinion indicated by Mr. STURGE, and invite him to review h. We allude to the censure he pronounces upon the recognition of...

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The effect of the Bishop of Loares's Bill is now

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beginning to be seen—and it may also be hoard by any persons who will take the trouble of visiting St. Paul's Cathedral. The paltry fragment of a Choir which remain:: to it,...

1), cm, ;nal rem/ Ihr Chapf,rs iy' thc Cainearal and

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culitynde and lialc$, Scowy:an, That your vier: with reo'et the i•rperfeet inann - :r in which the service is at present pet formed in our Cathedral t'lltirehes. That the...

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NARRATIVE OF A mARCD AND RESIDENCE IN INDIA.

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A VOYAGE to India—a short stay at Madras and Calcutta—a pa- lanquin journey with a detachment of troops, by land—a subse- quent descent of the Ganges—and a few years' residence...

SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.

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TRAVELS, Narrative of a Three Months' March in India; and n Residence in the Dumb. By the Wife of another'. in the Sixteenth Foot. With Plates Irons Drawings made on the spot...

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PEPYS'S JOURNALS AND CORRESPONDENCE.

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&slims an "introduction," embracing a notice of the earlier part of his career, these volumes contain a variety of letters from PEPYS and his correspondents; a journal which he...

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JAMES ANTON ' S RETRoSPEcT OF A MILITARY LIFE.

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SERGEANT ANTON is a Scotch rustic, who, smitten with the charms of a military life, inlisted in the :Militia at the beginning of the century, when not much beyond boyhood....